133. Raise up a Prophet
Deuteronomy 18:15, 18 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me (Moses), unto him ye shall hearken….I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee (Moses), and I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
This is a Messianic Prophecy about Jesus of Nazareth, who will be the Prophet that God will raise up for the people, from among the people. God would become a human, born of the seed of Eve and of Abraham, a Jew, one of your own. He will be a Prophet like Moses, bringing you the words of God, and the love of God. You will listen to Him, for He has the words of eternal life. Hebrews 11:1, 2: “God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son.”
The promise is that God will send such a Prophet to us, who will reveal God and speak His words. That promise is Jesus. He has come, and He is fulfilling the promise in our lifetimes by coming to us and speaking to us words of comfort and salvation and hope and love and life. The command is: “Listen to him.” The promise is: “You will listen to Him for I, the Lord your God, will put my words in His mouth.”
Jesus is the Word of God, the Mediator of the covenant between God and man, and the Prophet who speaks God’s words to us. When we believe in Jesus we have God and we have His Word. We have His promise and His blessing.
We have the Promise of a Prophet who will speak the last words we will ever need, and who will Himself be the Last Word for us. We will not need to look for further words from God than what we have already received from the mouth and the hands of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Promise and the fulfillment of all the promises of God. He speaks all that the Lord commands Him to, and that is all we need for faith and life and life forever.